On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Peter Münster wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Peter Münster wrote:
>
>> (I've tried t-vim.tex, but it seems to be broken:
>> ERROR: I can't find file `test-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp'.)
>
> Ok, t-vim.tex works now. The mtxrun part was the problem. Here my new
> version of the \runvimsyntax macro (perhaps no more MS-Windows
> compatibility):
>
> \def\runvimsyntax#1
>   {\executesystemcommand
>      {vim
>           -u NONE  % No need to read unnessary configurations
>           -e       % run in ex mode
>           -C       % Set compatibile
>           -n       % No swap
> %          -V10log  % For debugging only, will go away later.
>           -c "set tabstop=\@@vstab"
>           -c "syntax on"
>           -c "set syntax=\@@vssyntax"
>           -c "let contextstartline=\@@vsstart"
>           -c "let contextstopline=\@@vsstop"
>           -c "source `kpsewhich 2context.vim`"
>           -c "wqa" "#1"}}

Hey, `kpsewhich 2context.vim` is cheating!

In MkIV, I think that it should be possible to get the full file name 
using luatex's kpse library. Once I figure that out, the call to mtxrun 
can be omitted in a platform independent manner. However, I have no time 
for it right now.

Aditya